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class="padleft"><div class="vheadingv"><b>Verse</b><a href="/bsb/jeremiah/25.htm" class="clickchap" style="color:#001320" title="Click any translation name for full chapter">  (Click for Chapter)</a></div><div id="par"><span class="versiontext"><a href="/niv/jeremiah/25.htm">New International Version</a></span><br />So I took the cup from the LORD&#8217s hand and made all the nations to whom he sent me drink it:<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nlt/jeremiah/25.htm">New Living Translation</a></span><br />So I took the cup of anger from the LORD and made all the nations drink from it—every nation to which the LORD sent me.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/esv/jeremiah/25.htm">English Standard Version</a></span><br />So I took the cup from the LORD’s hand, and made all the nations to whom the LORD sent me drink it:<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/bsb/jeremiah/25.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a></span><br />So I took the cup from the LORD’s hand and made all the nations drink from it, each one to whom the LORD had sent me,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/kjv/jeremiah/25.htm">King James Bible</a></span><br />Then took I the cup at the LORD'S hand, and made all the nations to drink, unto whom the LORD had sent me:<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/jeremiah/25.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br />Then I took the cup from the LORD’s hand, and made all the nations drink, to whom the LORD had sent me:<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/jeremiah/25.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />So I took the cup from the LORD’S hand and gave it to all the nations to whom the LORD sent me, to drink <i>from it:</i><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/jeremiah/25.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />Then I took the cup from the LORD&#8217S hand and made all the nations to whom the LORD sent me drink it:<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/jeremiah/25.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />Then I took the cup from the LORD’s hand, and made all the nations drink, to whom the LORD sent me:<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/jeremiah/25.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />Then I took the cup from the hand of Yahweh and made all the nations to whom Yahweh sent me drink it:<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/jeremiah/25.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />Then I (Jeremiah) took the cup from the LORD’S hand and made all the nations to whom the LORD had sent me drink it:<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/jeremiah/25.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />So I took the cup from the LORD’s hand and made all the nations to whom the LORD sent me drink from it.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/jeremiah/25.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />So I took the cup from the LORD&#8217s hand and made all the nations drink from it, everyone the LORD sent me to. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/jeremiah/25.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />Then took I the cup at Jehovah's hand, and made all the nations to drink, unto whom Jehovah had sent me:<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cev/jeremiah/25.htm">Contemporary English Version</a></span><br />I took the cup from the LORD's hand, and I went to the kings of the nations and made each of them drink some. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/jeremiah/25.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />Then took I the cup at the LORD'S hand, and made all the nations to drink, unto whom the LORD had sent me:<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/jeremiah/25.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />So I took the cup from the LORD's hand. I made all the nations to whom the LORD sent me drink from it:<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/jeremiah/25.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />So I took the cup from the LORD's hand, gave it to all the nations to whom the LORD had sent me, and made them drink from it. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/jeremiah/25.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />So I took the cup from the LORD's hand, and I made all the nations to whom the LORD sent me drink it: <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/jeremiah/25.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />So I took the cup from the LORD?s hand and made all the nations drink from it, each one to whom the LORD had sent me,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/jeremiah/25.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />So I took the cup from the LORD's hand. I made all the nations to whom he sent me drink the wine of his wrath.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/jeremiah/25.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />Then took I the cup at the LORD's hand, and made all the nations to drink, to whom the LORD had sent me:<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/jeremiah/25.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />Then I took the cup at the LORD'S hand, and made all the nations to drink, to whom the LORD had sent me:<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/jeremiah/25.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />Then I took the cup at Yahweh’s hand, and made all the nations to drink, to whom Yahweh had sent me: <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/jeremiah/25.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />And I take the cup out of the hand of YHWH, and cause all the nations to drink to whom YHWH sent me:<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/jeremiah/25.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> 'And I take the cup out of the hand of Jehovah, and cause all the nations to drink unto whom Jehovah sent me:<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/jeremiah/25.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />And I shall take the cup from the hand of Jehovah, and I shall cause all the nations which Jehovah sent me to them to drink.<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/jeremiah/25.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />And I took the cup at the hand of the Lord, and I presented it to all the nations to drink of it, to which the Lord sent me: <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/jeremiah/25.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br />And I received the chalice from the hand of the Lord, and I caused all the nations, to which the Lord has sent me, to drink from it:<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/jeremiah/25.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />I took the cup from the hand of the LORD and gave it as drink to all the nations to whom the LORD sent me:<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/jeremiah/25.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />So I took the cup from the LORD’s hand, and made all the nations to whom the LORD sent me drink it:<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/jeremiah/25.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />Then I took the cup from the LORD'S hand, and made all the nations to whom the LORD had sent me drink it:<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hpbt/jeremiah/25.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a></span><br />And I took the cup from the hand of LORD JEHOVAH and I made all the nations drink, for LORD JEHOVAH has sent me unto them<div class="vheading2"><b>OT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/jps/jeremiah/25.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a></span><br />Then took I the cup of the LORD'S hand, and made all the nations to drink, unto whom the LORD had sent me:<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/sep/jeremiah/25.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a></span><br />So I took the cup out of the Lord's hand, and caused the nations to whom the Lord sent me to drink:<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/jeremiah/25-17.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></span></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv"><b>Audio Bible</b></div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/5k55c51ZGhs?start=7439" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><div class="vheadingv"><b>Context</b></div><span class="hdg"><a href="/bsb/jeremiah/25.htm">The Cup of God's Wrath</a></span><br>…<span class="reftext">16</span>And they will drink and stagger and go out of their minds, because of the sword that I will send among them.” <span class="reftext">17</span><span class="highl"><a href="/hebrew/3947.htm" title="3947: wā·’eq·qaḥ (Conj-w:: V-Qal-ConsecImperf-1cs) -- To take. A primitive root; to take.">So I took</a> <a href="/hebrew/853.htm" title="853: ’eṯ- (DirObjM) -- Apparent contracted from 'owth in the demonstrative sense of entity; properly, self."></a> <a href="/hebrew/3563.htm" title="3563: hak·kō·ws (Art:: N-fs) -- From an unused root meaning to hold together; a cup, often figuratively, a lot; also some unclean bird, probably an owl.">the cup</a> <a href="/hebrew/3068.htm" title="3068: Yah·weh (N-proper-ms) -- The proper name of the God of Israel. From hayah; self-Existent or Eternal; Jehovah, Jewish national name of God.">from the LORD’s</a> <a href="/hebrew/3027.htm" title="3027: mî·yaḏ (Prep-m:: N-fsc) -- Hand (indicating power, means, direction, etc.)">hand</a> <a href="/hebrew/3605.htm" title="3605: kāl- (N-msc) -- The whole, all. Or kowl; from kalal; properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every.">and made all</a> <a href="/hebrew/1471.htm" title="1471: hag·gō·w·yim (Art:: N-mp) -- Rarely goy; apparently from the same root as gevah; a foreign nation; hence, a Gentile; also a troop of animals, or a flight of locusts.">the nations</a> <a href="/hebrew/8248.htm" title="8248: wā·’aš·qeh (Conj-w:: V-Hifil-ConsecImperf-1cs) -- Cause to drink water, give to drink. A primitive root; to quaff, i.e. to irrigate or furnish a potion to.">drink</a> <a href="/hebrew/853.htm" title="853: ’eṯ- (DirObjM) -- Apparent contracted from 'owth in the demonstrative sense of entity; properly, self.">from it,</a> <a href="/hebrew/834.htm" title="834: ’ă·šer- (Pro-r) -- Who, which, that. A primitive relative pronoun; who, which, what, that; also when, where, how, because, in order that, etc."></a> <a href="/hebrew/413.htm" title="413: ’ă·lê·hem (Prep:: 3mp) -- To, into, towards. ">each one to whom</a> <a href="/hebrew/3068.htm" title="3068: Yah·weh (N-proper-ms) -- The proper name of the God of Israel. From hayah; self-Existent or Eternal; Jehovah, Jewish national name of God.">the LORD</a> <a href="/hebrew/7971.htm" title="7971: šə·lā·ḥa·nî (V-Qal-Perf-3ms:: 1cs) -- To send. A primitive root; to send away, for, or out.">had sent me,</a> </span><span class="reftext">18</span>to make them a ruin, an object of horror and contempt and cursing, as they are to this day—Jerusalem and the cities of Judah, its kings and officials;…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><span class="crossverse"><a href="/revelation/14-10.htm">Revelation 14:10</a></span><br />he too will drink the wine of God’s anger, poured undiluted into the cup of His wrath. And he will be tormented in fire and sulfur in the presence of the holy angels and of the Lamb.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/51-17.htm">Isaiah 51:17</a></span><br />Awake, awake! Rise up, O Jerusalem, you who have drunk from the hand of the LORD the cup of His fury; you who have drained the goblet to the dregs—the cup that makes men stagger.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/revelation/16-19.htm">Revelation 16:19</a></span><br />The great city was split into three parts, and the cities of the nations collapsed. And God remembered Babylon the great and gave her the cup of the wine of the fury of His wrath.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/51-22.htm">Isaiah 51:22</a></span><br />Thus says your Lord, the LORD, even your God, who defends His people: “See, I have removed from your hand the cup of staggering. From that goblet, the cup of My fury, you will never drink again.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/revelation/18-6.htm">Revelation 18:6</a></span><br />Give back to her as she has done to others; pay her back double for what she has done; mix her a double portion in her own cup.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/habakkuk/2-16.htm">Habakkuk 2:16</a></span><br />You will be filled with shame instead of glory. You too must drink and expose your uncircumcision! The cup in the LORD’s right hand will come around to you, and utter disgrace will cover your glory.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/revelation/14-8.htm">Revelation 14:8</a></span><br />Then a second angel followed, saying, “Fallen, fallen is Babylon the great, who has made all the nations drink the wine of the passion of her immorality.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/jeremiah/49-12.htm">Jeremiah 49:12</a></span><br />For this is what the LORD says: “If those who do not deserve to drink the cup must drink it, can you possibly remain unpunished? You will not go unpunished, for you must drink it too.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/revelation/17-4.htm">Revelation 17:4</a></span><br />The woman was dressed in purple and scarlet, and adorned with gold and precious stones and pearls. She held in her hand a golden cup full of abominations and the impurities of her sexual immorality.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/63-6.htm">Isaiah 63:6</a></span><br />I trampled the nations in My anger; in My wrath I made them drunk and poured out their blood on the ground.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/ezekiel/23-31.htm">Ezekiel 23:31-34</a></span><br />Because you have followed the path of your sister, I will put her cup into your hand.’ / This is what the Lord GOD says: ‘You will drink your sister’s cup, a cup deep and wide. It will bring scorn and derision, for it holds so much. / You will be filled with drunkenness and grief, with a cup of devastation and desolation, the cup of your sister Samaria. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/revelation/18-3.htm">Revelation 18:3</a></span><br />All the nations have drunk the wine of the passion of her immorality. The kings of the earth were immoral with her, and the merchants of the earth have grown wealthy from the extravagance of her luxury.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/lamentations/4-21.htm">Lamentations 4:21</a></span><br />So rejoice and be glad, O Daughter of Edom, you who dwell in the land of Uz. Yet the cup will pass to you as well; you will get drunk and expose yourself.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/matthew/20-22.htm">Matthew 20:22</a></span><br />“You do not know what you are asking,” Jesus replied. “Can you drink the cup I am going to drink?” “We can,” the brothers answered.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/psalms/75-8.htm">Psalm 75:8</a></span><br />For a cup is in the hand of the LORD, full of foaming wine mixed with spices. He pours from His cup, and all the wicked of the earth drink it down to the dregs.</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">Then took I the cup at the LORD's hand, and made all the nations to drink, to whom the LORD had sent me:</p><p class="hdg">and made.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/jeremiah/25-28.htm">Jeremiah 25:28</a></b></br> And it shall be, if they refuse to take the cup at thine hand to drink, then shalt thou say unto them, Thus saith the LORD of hosts; Ye shall certainly drink.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/jeremiah/1-10.htm">Jeremiah 1:10</a></b></br> See, I have this day set thee over the nations and over the kingdoms, to root out, and to pull down, and to destroy, and to throw down, to build, and to plant.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/jeremiah/27-3.htm">Jeremiah 27:3</a></b></br> And send them to the king of Edom, and to the king of Moab, and to the king of the Ammonites, and to the king of Tyrus, and to the king of Zidon, by the hand of the messengers which come to Jerusalem unto Zedekiah king of Judah;</p><div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/jeremiah/25-15.htm">Cause</a> <a href="/jeremiah/25-15.htm">Cup</a> <a href="/jeremiah/25-16.htm">Drink</a> <a href="/jeremiah/25-15.htm">Hand</a> <a href="/jeremiah/19-14.htm">Jehovah's</a> <a href="/jeremiah/23-37.htm">LORD's</a> <a href="/jeremiah/25-15.htm">Nations</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/jeremiah/25-18.htm">Cause</a> <a href="/jeremiah/25-27.htm">Cup</a> <a href="/jeremiah/25-26.htm">Drink</a> <a href="/jeremiah/25-28.htm">Hand</a> <a href="/jeremiah/26-10.htm">Jehovah's</a> <a href="/jeremiah/25-38.htm">LORD's</a> <a href="/jeremiah/25-31.htm">Nations</a><div class="vheading2">Jeremiah 25</div><span class="reftext">1. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/jeremiah/25-1.htm">Jeremiah, reproving the Jews' disobedience to the prophets,</a></span><br><span class="reftext">8. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/jeremiah/25-8.htm">foretells the seventy years' captivity;</a></span><br><span class="reftext">12. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/jeremiah/25-12.htm">and after that, the destruction of Babylon.</a></span><br><span class="reftext">15. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/jeremiah/25-15.htm">Under the type of a cup of wine he foreshows the destruction of all nations.</a></span><br><span class="reftext">34. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/jeremiah/25-34.htm">The howling of the shepherds.</a></span><br></div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script> <script id="b817b7107f1d4a7997da1b3c33457e03"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=cb0edd8b-b416-47eb-8c6d-3cc96561f7e8&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-3'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-1' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div align="center" id='div-gpt-ad-1531425649696-0'> </div><br /><br /> <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:inline-block;width:200px;height:200px" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3753401421161123" data-ad-slot="3592799687"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script> <br /><br /> </div> </td></tr></table></div></div></div><div id="combox"><div class="padcom"><a name="study" id="study"></a><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top"><a href="/study/jeremiah/25.htm">Study Bible</a></td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/study/jeremiah/" title="Book Summary and Study">Book ◦</a> <a href="/study/chapters/jeremiah/25.htm" title="Chapter summary and Study">Chapter </a></tr></table></div><b>So I took the cup from the LORD’s hand</b><br>This phrase signifies Jeremiah's role as a prophet and intermediary between God and the nations. The "cup" symbolizes God's wrath and judgment, a common biblical metaphor (<a href="/psalms/75-8.htm">Psalm 75:8</a>, <a href="/isaiah/51-17.htm">Isaiah 51:17</a>). Jeremiah's action of taking the cup indicates his obedience and submission to God's will, reflecting the seriousness of the prophetic message. The imagery of the cup is also seen in the New Testament, where Jesus speaks of the cup of suffering He must drink (<a href="/matthew/26-39.htm">Matthew 26:39</a>), drawing a parallel between Jeremiah's mission and Christ's redemptive work.<p><b>and made all the nations drink from it,</b><br>The act of making the nations drink from the cup represents the execution of divine judgment. This is not a literal drinking but a symbolic act of experiencing God's wrath. The nations mentioned later in the chapter (<a href="/jeremiah/25-18.htm">Jeremiah 25:18-26</a>) were historical entities that faced judgment due to their sins and rebellion against God. This reflects the universal scope of God's sovereignty and justice, emphasizing that no nation is exempt from accountability. The concept of nations drinking from the cup is echoed in <a href="/revelation/14-10.htm">Revelation 14:10</a>, where those who oppose God face His wrath.<p><b>each one to whom the LORD had sent me,</b><br>This phrase underscores Jeremiah's divine commission and the specificity of his prophetic mission. God directed Jeremiah to particular nations, highlighting the intentionality of divine judgment. It also reflects the broader theme of prophetic responsibility, where prophets are sent to deliver God's message regardless of the audience's response. This mirrors the Great Commission in <a href="/matthew/28-19.htm">Matthew 28:19</a>, where Jesus sends His disciples to all nations, emphasizing the continuity of God's plan for salvation and judgment throughout Scripture.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <b><a href="/topical/j/jeremiah.htm">Jeremiah</a></b><br>A prophet called by God to deliver messages of judgment and hope to the people of Judah and the surrounding nations. He is known for his perseverance in the face of opposition.<br><br>2. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_lord.htm">The LORD (Yahweh)</a></b><br>The covenant God of Israel, who is sovereign over all nations and uses Jeremiah as His mouthpiece to communicate His will.<br><br>3. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_cup.htm">The Cup</a></b><br>Symbolic of God's wrath and judgment. In ancient Near Eastern culture, a cup often represented one's fate or destiny, particularly in the context of divine judgment.<br><br>4. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_nations.htm">The Nations</a></b><br>Refers to the various kingdoms surrounding Judah, including Babylon, Egypt, and others, who are recipients of God's impending judgment.<br><br>5. <b><a href="/topical/j/judgment.htm">Judgment</a></b><br>The event of divine retribution that God is about to bring upon the nations due to their sins and rebellion against Him.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><b><a href="/topical/u/understanding_god's_sovereignty.htm">Understanding God's Sovereignty</a></b><br>Recognize that God is sovereign over all nations and uses His prophets to communicate His will. This should lead us to trust in His ultimate plan and purpose.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_seriousness_of_sin.htm">The Seriousness of Sin</a></b><br>The imagery of the cup of wrath serves as a stark reminder of the seriousness of sin and the reality of divine judgment. It calls us to repentance and a renewed commitment to holiness.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_role_of_a_prophet.htm">The Role of a Prophet</a></b><br>Jeremiah's obedience in delivering God's message, despite its difficulty, challenges us to be faithful in our own callings, even when faced with opposition.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/g/god's_justice_and_mercy.htm">God's Justice and Mercy</a></b><br>While the passage emphasizes judgment, it also points to God's desire for repentance and restoration, reminding us of His mercy and grace.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/g/global_perspective.htm">Global Perspective</a></b><br>The inclusion of all nations in God's judgment highlights the universal scope of His justice, encouraging us to pray for and engage with the world around us.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_jeremiah_25.htm">Top 10 Lessons from Jeremiah 25</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/what_are_the_bible's_covenants.htm">What are the different covenants in the Bible?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/any_historical_signs_of_jeremiah's_'wrath'.htm">In Jeremiah 25:15–17, the metaphor of the “cup of wrath” implies widespread judgment—are there any historical or archaeological signs of such universal calamity? </a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/evidence_for_global_catastrophe_in_history.htm">Jeremiah 25:30-33 describes a global scale of destruction--what historical or scientific evidence, if any, supports a catastrophe of that magnitude?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/why_punish_babylon_if_god_used_it.htm">Jeremiah 51:7 calls Babylon a 'golden cup' in God's hand; if God used Babylon, why should the nation be punished?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/jeremiah/25.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(17) <span class= "bld">Then took I the cup . . .</span>--The words describe the act of the prophet as in the ecstasy of vision. One by one the nations are made to drink of that cup of the wrath of Jehovah of which His own country was to have the first and fullest draught. It is a strange example of the literalism of minds incapable of entering into the poetry of a prophet's work, that one commentator (Michaelis) has supposed that the prophet offered an actual goblet of wine to the ambassadors of the states named, who were then, as he imagines, assembled at Jerusalem, as in <a href="/jeremiah/27-3.htm" title="And send them to the king of Edom, and to the king of Moab, and to the king of the Ammonites, and to the king of Tyrus, and to the king of Zidon, by the hand of the messengers which come to Jerusalem to Zedekiah king of Judah;">Jeremiah 27:3</a>.<p><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/jeremiah/25.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div><span class="cmt_sub_title">Verse 17.</span> - <span class="cmt_word">Then took I the cup... and made all the nations to drink</span>. It is too pro-sale to suppose either that Jeremiah made a journey to "all the nations," or that he actually went through the form of presenting the cup to the ambassadors who (it is conjectured, comp. <a href="/jeremiah/27-3.htm">Jeremiah 27:3</a>b) had come to Jerusalem to take measures against the common foe (so J. D. Michaelis). But the supposition arises (as Keil has well observed) out of an imperfect comprehension of the figure. It is not a cup with wine which the prophet receives from Jehovah, but a wine-cup filled with the wine of God's fury, which wine (one may add) is no more a literal wine than the "sword of Jehovah" is a literal sword. The "making all the nations to drink" is simply a way of expressing the prophet's firm faith that the word of Jehovah will not "return unto him void " - that a prophecy once uttered must fulfill itself; and "sent me," in the last clause, merely means "entrusted me with a message" (comp. <a href="/proverbs/26-6.htm">Proverbs 26:6</a>). For the fulfillment of this detailed prediction, see on Jeremiah 46-51. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/jeremiah/25-17.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a></span><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div><span class="word">So I took</span><br /><span class="heb">וָאֶקַּ֥ח</span> <span class="translit">(wā·’eq·qaḥ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - first person common singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3947.htm">Strong's 3947: </a> </span><span class="str2">To take</span><br /><br /><span class="word">the cup</span><br /><span class="heb">הַכּ֖וֹס</span> <span class="translit">(hak·kō·ws)</span><br /><span class="parse">Article | Noun - feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3563.htm">Strong's 3563: </a> </span><span class="str2">A cup, a lot, some unclean bird, an owl</span><br /><br /><span class="word">from the LORD’s</span><br /><span class="heb">יְהוָ֑ה</span> <span class="translit">(Yah·weh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - proper - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3068.htm">Strong's 3068: </a> </span><span class="str2">LORD -- the proper name of the God of Israel</span><br /><br /><span class="word">hand</span><br /><span class="heb">מִיַּ֣ד</span> <span class="translit">(mî·yaḏ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-m | Noun - feminine singular construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3027.htm">Strong's 3027: </a> </span><span class="str2">A hand</span><br /><br /><span class="word">and made all</span><br /><span class="heb">כָּל־</span> <span class="translit">(kāl-)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine singular construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3605.htm">Strong's 3605: </a> </span><span class="str2">The whole, all, any, every</span><br /><br /><span class="word">the nations</span><br /><span class="heb">הַגּוֹיִ֔ם</span> <span class="translit">(hag·gō·w·yim)</span><br /><span class="parse">Article | Noun - masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1471.htm">Strong's 1471: </a> </span><span class="str2">A foreign nation, a Gentile, a troop of animals, a flight of locusts</span><br /><br /><span class="word">drink</span><br /><span class="heb">וָֽאַשְׁקֶה֙</span> <span class="translit">(wā·’aš·qeh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Verb - Hifil - Consecutive imperfect - first person common singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_8248.htm">Strong's 8248: </a> </span><span class="str2">To quaff, to irrigate, furnish a, potion to</span><br /><br /><span class="word">from it,</span><br /><span class="heb">אֶת־</span> <span class="translit">(’eṯ-)</span><br /><span class="parse">Direct object marker<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_853.htm">Strong's 853: </a> </span><span class="str2">Untranslatable mark of the accusative case</span><br /><br /><span class="word">each one to whom</span><br /><span class="heb">אֲלֵיהֶֽם׃</span> <span class="translit">(’ă·lê·hem)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition | third person masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_413.htm">Strong's 413: </a> </span><span class="str2">Near, with, among, to</span><br /><br /><span class="word">the LORD</span><br /><span class="heb">יְהוָ֖ה</span> <span class="translit">(Yah·weh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - proper - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3068.htm">Strong's 3068: </a> </span><span class="str2">LORD -- the proper name of the God of Israel</span><br /><br /><span class="word">had sent me,</span><br /><span class="heb">שְׁלָחַ֥נִי</span> <span class="translit">(šə·lā·ḥa·nî)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular | first person common singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_7971.htm">Strong's 7971: </a> </span><span class="str2">To send away, for, out</span><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/jeremiah/25-17.htm">Jeremiah 25:17 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/jeremiah/25-17.htm">Jeremiah 25:17 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/jeremiah/25-17.htm">Jeremiah 25:17 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/jeremiah/25-17.htm">Jeremiah 25:17 NASB</a><br /><a href="/kjv/jeremiah/25-17.htm">Jeremiah 25:17 KJV</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/jeremiah/25-17.htm">Jeremiah 25:17 BibleApps.com</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/jeremiah/25-17.htm">Jeremiah 25:17 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/jeremiah/25-17.htm">Jeremiah 25:17 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/jeremiah/25-17.htm">Jeremiah 25:17 French Bible</a><br /><a href="/catholic/jeremiah/25-17.htm">Jeremiah 25:17 Catholic Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/jeremiah/25-17.htm">OT Prophets: Jeremiah 25:17 Then took I the cup at Yahweh's (Jer.) </a></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="/jeremiah/25-16.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Jeremiah 25:16"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Jeremiah 25:16" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/jeremiah/25-18.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Jeremiah 25:18"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Jeremiah 25:18" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhnew2.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>